Charles Hector Well, Malaysia has now outsourced the work of the annual permit renewal to ONE private company, MyEG Services Bhd, as of 5th January 2015. All these renewals will now have to be…

Teachers can change lives with just the right mix of chalk and challenges but right now at our public varsities, they are just Umno-linked political operators. K Kabilan, The Ant Daily It is…

For misfits in the modern world, bullets and bombs are more empowering than ballots. Ishmael Lim, Free Malaysia Today Exactly on cue, the Paris incident has opened the door to all kinds of…

Hwok-Aun Lee, University of Malaya, East Asia Forum Malaysia’s government-linked companies (GLCs) are, relatively speaking, among the most extensive and powerful in the world in terms of…

Azrulnizam Aziz, TMI Ancaman Jabatan Agama Islam Wilayah Persekutuan (Jawi) terhadap gadis muda yang terlibat dalam insiden berpelukan bersama artis Korea tempoh hari membawa mesej jelas,…

Umar Mukhtar So Eric Paulsen may be charged under the Sedition Act. What a pity, for he presumably meant well for the sake of racial harmony in Malaysia. But in spite of his big title of a…

The Huffington Post UK The Prophet Mohammed, with a tear in his eye, is on the front cover of the first Charlie Hebdo edition published since Islamic extremists killed 12 people at the…

We must look at the Charlie Hebdo incident as of two seemingly interconnected but in reality separate issues. KTemoc Konsiders Precisely because of this, I have to call what happened in…

So long as the ego comes in and distinction is pronounced, the battle begins. All those who are not with us are against us. Economic Policy Are we now fighting extremism or militancy? I…

The PAS news organ is struggling with a string of issues – plunging circulation, an ailing chief editor fighting to keep his job and claims that the ‘geng ulama’ wants to control the paper ahead…

Khalid gets even more worked up than the Home Minister on petty issues like insults and postings on Twitter and Facebook. He has made sure that social media users and other individuals are charged…

Salleh Said Keruak The year literally started with a bang when Paris saw once of its worst acts of terrorism in recent years. This was followed on Sunday by a massive 1.5 million people march…

This was not some empty room, a quiet park where you were doing something hidden. You were in front of your friends, maybe even your parents, and you did not, as some try to make out, shame your…

The impact of the GST on the ordinary man on the street is still not clear; to claim that the man on the street will not be impacted by the GST is not true. NUBE The Malaysian Government…

"I have not read the book because it will dirty my pure thoughts, but if you are a Muslim, you follow Islamic rules without question. Are you even a Muslim?” Yasmin Alibhai Brown, The…

These poor native NT land owners have absolutely no idea how extensive the acreage owned by them or its location as no admission or information on neither these titles, sublease fees payments nor…

CENTHRA and CLJ We, the Centre for Human Rights Research and Advocacy (CENTHRA) and Concerned Lawyers for Justice (CLJ) condemn in the strongest terms the highly provocative, outrageous as well…

Sunday, 11th January 2015, is a milestone in human history. Before this we lived in boundaries and we tried our best to not cross these boundaries. And Muslims in particular would get upset if…

The Charlie Hebdo tragedy has sparked an outpouring of hate within the Malaysian online community. Hafidz Baharom, Free Malaysia Today I had never heard of Charlie Hebdo and I am pretty sure…

Clive Kessler, New Mandala The Ottawa parliament, Café Lindt, Charlie Hebdo and so many others too: these are all separate incidents.  But they are all part of the same global phenomenon.…

King Owl was in a dilemma --- he was against the motion but reluctant to object, fearing it might upset the hawk. Dim-witted he might be, the hawk had been useful to King Owl. Yussof Condred…

Perhaps MIC members cannot accept openness and freedom because they have grown too used to the shackles around their ankles. Ravi Kumar Viswanathan, FMT The apparent failure of MIC to evolve…

Why is the large number of seats for Sarawak so entrenched in the Federal Constitution? write2rest The principle of “one person, one vote, one value” was bandied around in the Sarawak State…

This reader is tired of how offended most Muslims in Malaysia are over the Charlie Hebdo cartoons and decided to share her own experiences. Fa Abdul, Free Malaysia Today When I was 7, my…

Boo Su-Lyn, Malay Mail Online The Charlie Hebdo shootings have seen a pushback against the defence of the French satirical weekly’s right to free speech, with critics accusing it of xenophobia…

In a message to the American scholar, the writer says his views are not based on knowledge of the Malaysian situation. Lukman Sheriff Alias, Free Malaysia Today Dear Reza Aslan, I refer…

Lim Teck Ghee As they went on their rampage, the men who killed 12 people in Paris this week yelled that they had “avenged the prophet.” They follow in the path of other terrorists who have…

Lasha Darkmoon On 7 January 2015, at about 11:30 am, two masked gunmen forced their way into the offices of the French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo in Paris, France. They killed twelve…

People need to know how freedom can be used and where its application ends, and this can only be achieved through institutional education on ethical matters, something European nations tend to shy…

Alyaa Alhadjri, The Ant Daily There are not enough words to describe the devastation suffered by up to 250,000 victims of the recent floods – the largest number recorded in Kelantan – with…